happy birthday dayton & grady (personal)

I absolutely cannot believe that these two little tiny boys are 6 years old today! It brings a smile to my face, a happiness to my heart, and a sadness that all has flown by! Well, happy birthday to my two favorite 6 year olds!!! I love you both very much!

And we'll take LOTS of pictures of their special birthday weekend!!! Can't wait to share them with y'all next week!

february/march newsletter

Hey! I send out a little newsletter every few months, and I just sent one out this morning! So, if you are someone that looks at this blog. but I don't have you on my email list, please let me know!!! You can leave a comment here or go to my website, and then the contact page!

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catching up (personal)

Well, it's time to catch up on some personal pictures from our family! There have been a few fun times and some tiny milestones in our house that I wanted to share! Here goes...

Don't be fooled...this little boy is NOT potty-trained! But he is trying!!! He still wears a diaper, but on a few occasions, he'll choose his adorable little boy underwear and go on the potty! Hip, hip, hooray! It's a start!...

Then it was Brogan's Valentine party at school. He got all dressed up, and had his special party. We stole this super-cute banana idea from an old magazine and a friend!...

Then our Mothers of Preschoolers group had a Valentine Craft activity up at the church. We had playdough and discovery tubs to play with for the kids. We also made hand-print Valentine pictures to take home, but even better, we made these very special Valentine cards to share! On Valentine's Day, the boys and I took them to the local hospital and passed them out to the patients. It's one of the most rewarding things, to see those patients' faces light up when the boys walked in the rooms with glitter-covered cards! Can't wait to do that again next year!...

Earlier on Valentine's Day, my handsome hubby ran the half marathon in Austin! It was his 3rd half marathon, and it was his best time yet!!! I was so proud of him because of his dedication to training and his motivation to go out there and do it! (And a special thanks to our friends, Chad & Kelley, for having us stay the night in your beautiful home the night before!!!) Here's my hero...

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to spend the weekend away with 18 of my girlfriends on the lake!! It was my MOPS retreat, and we had one of the best weekends ever!!!! I'll start with the most annoying picture from the weekend that some of those girlies will laugh at, and some of them will sigh! ;) So, here we go with the leaves...and the pretend little boy legs sticking up out of them!...

The goats and tiny baby goat hanging out on the island...

Oh, and I just have to inlcude this awful picture from that girls' weekend...the flooded bathroom! It was our only catastrophy of the weekend, but it was a yucky one!...(And thank you a million times to the Campbells who own the home across the street for letting us girls into your home!!!)...

I was very excited to get home and see my three tiny boys!! They spent the weekend with Daddy in what they called "Boys' Weekend!" And they ended the weekend with getting to spend special time with Daddy again "shaving!"...

Lastly, the boys and I made sugar cookies this week because it was too darn cold outside to go out! It was a HUGE mess, but a ton of fun!...

So, there you go! All caught up! And it DID end up snowing today, but of course, I don't have those pictures downloaded yet...so they'll be posted at a later date! Thanks for looking!!!

the guillot family (gruene, tx)

Aren't they adorable!? All 7 of them!!! Yes, this family has been blessed with 5 kiddos, and each of them had their very own personality that came shining through! Enjoy...

Just the kiddos...

Original love birds...

Just the girlies...

Brooklyn is 12 and in the 7th grade...

Hunter is 9 years old...

Tyler is 7 years old...

Tanner is 2 years old (and an absolute hoot!!)...

And little Miss Khloe is 10 months old!...

Thank y'all so much for spending your afternoon with me in Gruene! It was wonderful getting to know all of you!!! Hope to see you again soon

introducing brynley katherine (new braunfels, tx)

Okay, so I announce a few weeks ago that a new addition had arrived to a special family here in New Braunfels (click HERE.) Well, it's time to meet this tiny, precious baby girl named Brynley! She was so sweet and little that I just couldn't get enough of her! We kept thinking she was going to fall asleep, but she just wanted to be held my her Mommy!!! Enjoy these pictures of her...

And as always, she let me know when it was time to go!...

Thank y'all for having me to your beautiful home to meet your new blessing!!! It was wonderful getting to photograph such a tiny bundle of joy!!! See y'all soon!